Obituaries
Martha Whittle Myers
Dec 27, 2019
Martha Whittle Myers, 82, of Albany, GA died Friday, December 27, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 30, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Jeff Cook and Pastor Jeremy Lokey will officiate.
Mrs. Myers was born in Ozark, AL., and relocated to Albany, Ga in 1954....
JoAnne Williams Glass
Dec 26, 2019
JoAnne Glass, 78, of Sylvester, GA died Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Jeff Barker will officiate.
Mrs. Glass was born in Gadsden, AL on November 23, 1941 to the late Elkin C. and Lucy Marie Williams. She has lived in...
Joyce Price Harrell
Dec 26, 2019
Joyce Price Harrell, 80, of Poulan, GA died Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tommy Lowery and Pastor Barry Butters will officiate.
Born in Arlington, GA, Mrs. Harrell lived in Albany for half of her life prior to moving to Poulan,...
William Frank "Billy" Brown, Sr.
Dec 23, 2019
William Frank "Billy" Brown, Sr., 86, of Ft. Gaines, GA formerly of Putney, GA died Monday, December 23, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Hines and Dr. Phil Thomas will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born March 9, 1933...
Sandy Gay Hadley
Dec 23, 2019
Sandy Gay Chalfant Hadley passed away on Monday December 23, 2019 at 7:25 pm at the Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georiga after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Sandy was the daughter of the late Max S. Chalfant and the late Wilma Baughman Chalfant and born on February 2, 1957 in Winchester, Indiana. She graduated from Winchester Community...
Raven Alexandria Owens
Dec 22, 2019
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Infant Raven Alexandra Owens received her wings Sunday, December 22, 2019 at her residence. Graveside services will be held Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 2 00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Marion Sizemore will officiate.
Raven touched many lives with her short time on earth. She was preceded in death by her great-grandmother, Pamela Sizemore.
Survivors include her...
Senator (Rev.) Greg Mark Kirk
Dec 22, 2019
Gregory “Greg” Mark Kirk, 56, of Americus, beloved husband, father, G-papa, and statesman, passed away peacefully and earned his angel wings joining our Lord and Savior after a tough fought fight with Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, a rare liver bile duct cancer, on Sunday, December 22, 2019, with his beloved wife, Rosalyn J. Kirk, and family by his side.
Funeral services will...
Barbara Ann Cole
Dec 21, 2019
Barbara Ann Cole, 86, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2019 in Ashburn, GA. The family will have a private memorial service.
Barbara was born October 22, 1933 to the late Frank and Lucille Watson. In addition to her parents she is also preceded in death by her brother Jimmy, and her husband, of 39 years, Thomas...
Ronald Mack Scarborough
Dec 21, 2019
Ronald Mack Scarborough died Dec. 21 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, surrounded by his entire family. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 PM on January 3, 2020 at Andersonville National Cemetery.
He was born June 30, 1947, in Hawkinsville, GA, to the late Oscar and Mary Alice Scarborough. The family moved from middle Georgia when Ron was a...
Marshall Raymond Wall, III.
Dec 21, 2019
Marshall Raymond Wall III, 52, of Leesburg, GA., died Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Raymond has resided in the Albany area all of his life. Before becoming disabled he worked at Piggly Wiggly as a meat cutter. He owned and operated Top Dog’s BBQ for several years. Mr. Wall loved the outdoors and was an avid...
Jerry Wayne McKenzie
Dec 19, 2019
Jerry W. McKenzie, 59, of Albany, GA, died December 19, 2019 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at the First Presbyterian Church of Albany. Rev. Joshua Bowen will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
Jerry was born in Sylvester to the late Jerry and Grace McKenzie. He graduated from...
Warren Lee McLeod
Dec 19, 2019
Warren Lee “Mac” McLeod, 90, of Albany, GA, died December 19, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mr. McLeod was born in Shellman, GA on November 22, 1929 to Newton Warren McLeod and Ruby Kincaid McLeod....
George Greathouse
Dec 18, 2019
George Greathouse, 73, of Lee County passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends at their residence on Friday, December 20, 2019 between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm.
George was born on August 7, 1946, in Ft. Valley, to the late Eugene and Mattie Greathouse. He graduated from Albany High School in...
Hazel L. Shaffer
Dec 18, 2019
Hazel L. Shaffer, 99, of Leesburg, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019 in Albany, GA. A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, December 22, 2019 at the Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins, WV. Pastor Terry Burgess will officiate and interment will follow.
She was born July 10, 1920 at Valley Head, WV, a daughter of the late...
Marie Frances Aman
Dec 16, 2019
Marie F. Aman, 91, of Albany, GA passed away peacefully on Monday, December 16, 2019 surrounded by her loving and devoted family at Brookside Glen Assisted Living and Memory Care in Columbus, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 3:30 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Aman had resided in Albany since 1970. Born on...
Bradley B. "Brad" Graham
Dec 16, 2019
Bradley “Brad” B. Graham, 60, of Lee County died, Monday, December 16, 2019 at his residence.
His service will be Thursday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. There will be a viewing at 2:30 Thursday for anyone wishing to say good bye to him.
Born in San Diego, CA, Brad has lived in Lee County for the past 40 years. He has been employed for...
Patricia Anne Martin
Dec 16, 2019
Patricia Anne Moye Martin, 73, of Albany, GA died December 12, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA.
Patricia was born in Fitzgerald, GA on March 7, 1946 to the late...
Martha Ann Parker
Dec 15, 2019
Martha Ann Watkins Parker (Mema), 80, of Leesburg passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, December 15, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. A Memorial Service will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at the Leesburg United Methodist Church with the Rev. Lee Smith officiating. The family will receive friends following the service.
Ms. Parker was...
Mabery Franklin Carter
Dec 15, 2019
Mabery Franklin Carter of Albany, GA., died Sunday December 15, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born on December 19, 1928, in four days he would been ninety one. He was the son...
